User blog comment:Sefiros2211/Dante's Age/@comment-1164563-20140321163227/@comment-6769189-20140324201840

I dont particularly like vergils rather forced presence in Neros 1st DT scene. Nero, according to DF, is very independent and does what he wants and what he wants is to protect Kyrie and Fortuna. It seems out of character for him to go "this strange person in a dream I've been having wants power so i guess I'll get in on that." There is also the fact that Nero is dying, does his will to live not a factor at all? Also in the game he had his little flashback involving Kyrie, the powers up, and says his little line about protecting her no matter the cost(paraprhased). that makes so much more sense than what was presented in the novel.

Another thing is Dantes aging. Sparda lived for more than 2000 years. Logic would dictate that Dante being his son, would inherit some of that longevity, especially since Dantes body does the instant healing thing.

Most of the background stuff can be used to fill in the blanks I suppose since they dont contradict anything.

I do disagree with Neros weapons melting because in the scene right before the credits he used Blue Rose. We didn't see much of Neros combat in cutscene while in the savior but he does have he tendency to skip straight to using Yamato when facing an opponent he knows is strong(2nd Dante fight, end of Sanctus 1st fight, Sanctus Diabolica) he just defaulted on Yamato because it was the more effective weapon.